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Le Cercle Rouge
Why this pick
Its cool, rigorously controlled criminal professionalism and near-wordless tension make an ideal companion to The Sicilian Clan’s elegant European heist world.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1969 2h 5m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
Lino Ventura brings the same hard-edged gravity to this lean French underworld story, balancing procedural escape tension with loyalty under pressure.
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The Burglars
Why this pick
Henri Verneuil again combines Jean-Paul Belmondo’s volatile thief with a polished, high-stakes European crime framework and sustained cat-and-mouse pursuit.
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Any Number Can Win
Why this pick
Verneuil’s earlier crime thriller pairs Alain Delon with Jean Gabin in a meticulously planned robbery, with generational friction sharpening its suave tension.
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The Valachi Papers
Why this pick
For the Mafia-family side of The Sicilian Clan, this has a similarly unsentimental view of organized crime, betrayal, and survival within a powerful hierarchy.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In Paris, jewel thief Roger Sartet escapes from custody with the help of the Manalese, a small-time but well-organised Sicilian Mafia clan led by patriarch Vittorio and which includes his sons Aldo and Sergio, and son-in-law Luigi. While in prison, Sartet got to know an electrician who was involved in the setting up of an extensive security system at a diamond exhibition in Rome — the electrician returned home early, unannounced, caught his wife in bed with a lover and shot them. Unaccustomed to prison life, he made friends with Sartet and bit-by-bit supplied him with details of the exhibition.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jacques Duby
Raymond Robel
Sydney Chaplin
Jack
Jean Gabin
Vittorio Manalese
Alain Delon
Roger Startet
Danielle Volle
Monique Sartet
Gérard Buhr
Un inspecteur
Yves Brainville
le juge
Edward Meeks
le commandant de bord